Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton

Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton

Charles Henry Rolle Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton (2 March 1834 – 29 March 1904) was a British Conservative politician.

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Background

Clinton was the son of Charles Trefusis, 19th Baron Clinton, and Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Kerr, daughter of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian.

Political career

Clinton was elected to the House of Commons for Devon North in 1857, a seat he held until he succeeded his father in 1866 and entered the House of Lords. In July 1867 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for India in the Conservative administration of the Earl of Derby. He retained this office also when Benjamin Disraeli became Prime Minister in February 1868. The government fell in December of the same year. Clinton never held political office again but served as a Charity Commissioner from 1874 to 1880. Apart from his political career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Devon between 1887 and 1904.

Family

Lord Clinton married, firstly, Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes, daughter of Sir John Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Baronet, in 1858. They had five children. In 1867 Clinton assumed by Royal license the additional surnames of Stuart-Forbes. After his first wife's death in 1869 he married, secondly, Margaret Walrond, daughter of Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet, in 1875. They had seven children. Lord Clinton died in March 1904, aged 70, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son from his first marriage, Charles. Lady Clinton died in 1930.

References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt
Lewis William Buck
Member of Parliament for North Devon
1857–1866
With: James Wentworth Buller 1857–1865
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt 1865–1866
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir James Ferguson, Bt
Under-Secretary of State for India
1867–1868
Succeeded by
Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Iddesleigh
Lord Lieutenant of Devon
1887–1904
Succeeded by
Viscount Ebrington
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Rodolph Trefusis
Baron Clinton
1866–1904
Succeeded by
Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis

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